#debating really hard if i have her go by oswin as a nickname ugh i feel like i'm just writing oswin at this point

[herleaf]

@fasciinating commanded, "stay here."

" does that usually work, you saying words and people listening to you? orders, specifically, but maybe i mean it in the grand scheme of things. " it was her first on planet rendezvous and she was honestly buzzing. she had worked so hard to get here, to show her stuff and show she deserved everything that she had. clara oswald deserved adventure, and to show she was a genius. a talented and beautiful genius. a talented, beautiful genius who had a mind so active that she would speak out of turn and ask enough questions to make people's head spin. most likely talking back and sassing her superiors wasn't the best idea, but she had been told by the chief engineer that he had warned them of her overactive mind and mouth. " i mean, this is supposed to be a shadowing and while you are tall, your shadow wouldn't span from being far away from me to... well, me. i think it's more expeditious for learning sake to stay next to you. besides, the moment you leave my gaze i will walk around and it's better for both of us that neither of us get lost. i'm a junior engineer and was picked by the chief engineer himself, so i will do all i can to learn all there is... commander. and, i want to learn from you too. i want to be the most well-rounded that i can be. "

plus, the more she stayed moving and talking, the less the nightmares of metal men and robotic screams could vex her conscious mind.